Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-09-30

results when mated with our old stock
Leviatban, Sharpedon, Priam and Glencoe
all trace back to several crosses of
Herod blood, Glencoe and Priam not less
than three or four, several times each to
crosses Of Partner blood, and directly
several times over to the Godolphin, Barb
or Arabian, the strains from which the
earlier Virginia stock derives its peculiar
excellence"
Eclipse, the greatest race horse ever
produced in England was strongly in
bred, tracing several times through both
sire and dam to the White D'Archy Turk.
Eclipse was upon the turf two years, and
won an immense number of stakes. His
success was so great that finally no one
could be found to match a horse against
him, and he retired from the turf without
ever having lost race or paid a forfeit.
Gray Eagle and Wagner were two of the
fastest and stoutest four mile racers on
the American continent In their day, and
were very evenly matched in speed, pluck
and endurance. Wagner was the first
horse to get four-mile record of :43,
and Gray Eagle, which forced him out in
that time, was barely half neck in the
rear in finish. Both of these noted racers
were inbred by Sir Archy, the most dis
! tinguished son of imported Diomed
Gray Eagle was by Woodpecker, by
Bertrand, of Sir Archy, son of Diomed !;
dam by Wild Medley, second dam by Sir
Archy; dam Maria West, by Marion,
another son of Sir Archy.
Boston was another American racer
that gained great distinction. He was
upon the turf five years, from 1896 to ls4l,
inclusive, started in forty-five races, forty
of which he captured, his total winnings
amounting to S5l 200. Thirty of these
races were for four miles, and nine were
three-mile heats. Boston was by Timoleon,
by Sir Archy, by imported Diomed; dam
by Balls Florizel, son of imported Do
med. Boston also possessed the power
to perpetuate his remarkable speed and
endurance. The most noted of his get
ner of his day. Lexington reduced the
four-mile record to 7:19S, carrying 100
pounds. He was another example of in
breeding, his second dam being Rowena
by Sumpter, son of Sir Archy.
1t is in accordance with the laws OF
nature that the same methods which tend
to produce speed, courage and stamina
with the greatest uniformity in the race
horse can be followed with advantage by
those engaged in breeding the best elias;
of trotting stock. Precisely the same at
tributes are required in a trotting OF
pacing record breaker as in one who's,
will power and nerve force, combined
with firm, elastic muscle, strong tendOns
and superior quality of bone, enables hin
to out-strip all his competitors upon the
running turf. In each case the brain is tn,
seat of the power which drives the engine
and the nerves are the motors by which
the power is applied to the machinery
The habit of action is different in the trot
ter, it is true, but his capacity as tur
performer depends upon the same essen
tial qualities as that of the runner.
A close study of the breeding of tn
most successful English racers, and
thorough analysis of their pedigrees, LEI
"Stonehenge," whom we believe to b.
considered as good authority as any maj
in England, to the conclusion that success
in producing winners generally result
from the reunion Of blood lines which
have often been kept separate for severa
generations. His ideas upon this poin
are expressed as follows: ~ do not meal
to assert that no hit can occur withou
such reunion of previously separate,
lines. But l believe that, under othe
circumstances, it is rarely to be found T.
show itself, and if, as has been observed
there is a relationship between all thor
oughbred horses, either remote or neal
there must be this reunion to more eX
tent. This, however, is not what | mean
the return must be to line only remove
two, three or four generations in order t
, be at all marked, and if more than thes
intervals exist the success cannot be sal
to depend upon such a reunion"
: The practice of breeding once in an
| once out, or twice in and once out, serve
to separate and reunite the lines in til
1 manner indicated by Stonehenge. A
4 analysis of the breeding of the most di,
: tingushed performers upon the trottin
! turf will show that many of them hay
S either been inbred to greater or less e,
8 tent themselves or more from ancestor
+. which resulted from such a system c
+, breeding. None of the trotters mentione
: by the world-renowned Hiram Woodru
1 in his "Trotting Horse of America"
: spoken of in higher tones than old Tol
+ gallant, which he supposed was son {
e Messenger, but which subsequent invest
cations proved was by Coriander, a so
! % tal al oe